MANCHESTER ACADEMY GIG GUIDE JUST CONFIRMED: One Night Only Jackie Leven Cardiacs Macbeth & KatBGini (Cancelled) Vampire Weekend (Rescheduled) Academy Recommends! **Scout Niblett on Tue 20th May** **Black Keys on Wed 21st May** Get your tickets now before these shows sell out. FULL LISTINGS FOLLOW: MANCHESTER ACADEMY Pendulum Fri 9th May - £16 Adv SOLD OUT The Black Keys Wed 21st May - £15 Adv Amy MacDonald Thu 22nd May - £14 Adv The Charlatans + The Lines Sat 24th May - £25 Adv SOLD OUT Public Enemy + Dr Octagon (aka Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt) + Anti Pop Consortium (Edan & MC Dagha) + Guest DJ’s Mon 26th May - £22 Adv Doors 6.30pm Ministry Thu 29th May - £16.50 Adv Cat Power Wed 11th June - £17.50 Adv Queensryche Tue 17th June - £22.50 Adv / £60 VIP Available from Ticketmaster Doors 7pm John Mayer Wed 25th June - £25 Adv SOLD OUT The Music Tue 1st July - £13.50 Adv MAX 4 TICKETS PER PERSON B52s Tue 22nd July - £27.50 Adv Stray Cats Thu 11th Sept - £28.50 Adv Dragonforce + Turisas Fri 26th Sept - £14 Adv Puressence Sat 27th Sept - £12.50 Adv RESCHEDULED TO SAT 18TH OCT Foals Wed 8th Oct - £13.50 Adv Puressence Sat 18th Oct - £12.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) One Night Only Fri 24th Oct - £10.50 Adv The Stranglers Fri 7th Nov - £23 Adv Joe Bonamassa Sun 9th Nov - £20 Adv Marillion – Happiness Is The Road Tour 2008 Fri 14th Nov - £22 Adv Motorhead Sat 15th Nov - £25 Adv Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale New Found Glory Fri 21st Nov - £15 Adv Thunder Sat 22nd Nov - £21 Adv Opeth Sun 23rd Nov - £17 Adv Doors 7pm Roisin Murphy Fri 28th Nov - £16.50 Adv MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2 and 3 Delays – Wed 7th May - £12.50 Adv Vampire Weekend + White Williams – Thu 8th May - £10 Adv SOLD OUT (Rescheduled to Sun 1st June) Twisted Wheel + Lowline + The Underclass – Fri 9th May - £7 Adv @ Club Academy SOLD OUT Jimi Jamison (Lead singer of Survivor) – Fri 9th May - £17.50 Adv Queer up North International Festival Presents: Queering The Pitch Hosted By Anthony Crank Cherry Ghost + Bishi + Anat Ben David (Chicks on Speed) + Owen Duff + Sisters of Transistors + Hooker + Drew Pilgram + Bela Emerson + Milke + The Gadsdens + Alan Mx + Salty Lips + No Bra + Many More TBA Sat 10th May - £12 Adv Academy 2, 3, and Club Academy 6-11pm Magnum + Awake – Sun 11th May - £18 Adv Doors 7pm The Orb + Autolump – Sun 11th May - £15 Adv Doors 7pm Topman NME New Noise Tour feat: Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Waterpolo & White Lies – Mon 12th May - £9.50 Adv Ladytron – Mon 12th May - £12.50 Adv (Rescheduled to Wed 30th April) The Waifs + Emily Barker – Mon 12th May - £15 Adv @ Club Academy One Night Only + The Wallbirds + The Hot Melts – Tue 13th May - £9 Adv SOLD OUT Give it a Name Introduces Tour 2008 – Four Year Strong + Meg & Dia + Mayday Parade + The Color Fred – Tue 13th May - £5 Adv Doors 6.30pm Asa – Tue 13th May - £8 Adv Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale Jesse Malin + Holly Brook – Wed 14th May - £10 Adv Willard Grant Conspiracy + Howe Gelb – Wed 14th May - £14 @ Club Academy Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong + Voluntary Butler Scheme + Beggars – Thu 15th May - £8 Adv Finch + Twin Atlantic + Envy on The Coast – Thu 15th May - £10 Adv @ Club Academy The Music – Fri 16th May - £12.50 Adv MAX 4 PER PERSON SOLD OUT All Time Low & Cobra Starship Co-Headline Tour + Broadway Calls – Fri 16th May - £9.50 Adv SOLD OUT The Quireboys, Dan Baird and Homemade Sin (The Homewreckers and Heartbreakers Tour 2008) + Diamond Dogs – Fri 16th May - £12.50 We Are Scientists – Sat 17th May - £16 Adv Ghetto + Flowzart + Twisted Mindz + Mayhem + Hit Em Up + Highrise Ent + Jermaine + Crown Jewlz – Sat 17th May - £8 Adv Ting Tings – Sun 18th May - £10 Adv Doors 7pm SOLD OUT O2 Wireless Weekender – Young Knives – Sun 18th May - £12.50 Adv Doors 7pm Robben Ford + Oli Brown Band – Sun 18th May - £16 Adv @ Club Academy (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) Doors 7pm Little Man Tate + The Lines + Blah Blah Blah – Mon 19th May - £10 Adv Jens Lekman + Jaymay – Mon 19th May - £11 Adv MGMT – Tue 20th May - £10 Adv SOLD OUT Scout Niblett + Liz Green – Tue 20th May - £8 Adv Crystal Castles – Tue 20th May - £7 Adv @ Club Academy Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale Sonic Boom Six / Big D and the Kids Table + Random Hand – Wed 21st May - £9 Adv @ Club Academy XX Teens + Witches – Wed 21st May - £6 Adv Robben Ford – Thu 22nd May - £16 Adv @ Club Academy (Rescheduled to Sun 18th May) The Whip + South Central – Thu 22nd May - £7 Adv SOLD OUT Story of the Year + The Blackout – Thu 22nd May - £12.50 Adv Kids in Glass Houses – Fri 23rd May - £8 Adv Billy Inferno + Seven Deadly Sins + Kapptive + Bleed the Skyline – Fri 23rd May - £5 Adv @ Club Academy Bob Mould Band– Sat 24th May - £15 Adv Livewire AC/DC Tribute – Sat 24th May - £12 Adv Robin Trower and Band + Ainsley Lister– Sat 24th May - £15 Adv Dead Kennedys – Sun 25th May - £16 Adv Doors 7pm Skindred + Idiom – Sun 25th May - £12 Adv Doors 7pm @ Club Academy The Futureheads – Mon 26th May - £11 Adv Doors 7pm Cute is What We Aim For / Boys Like Girls + We the Kings – Mon 26th May - £10 Adv Doors 7pm SOLD OUT Zebrahead – Mon 26th May - £8.50 Adv Fightstar + Brigade + We Are The Ocean – Wed 28th May - £12.50 Adv SOLD OUT Ministry – Thu 29th May - £16.50 Adv NOW IN THE MAIN ACADEMY – ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID Pete Murray – Thu 29th May - £12.50 Adv Feeder – Fri 30th May - £15 Adv SOLD OUT Ida Maria – Sat 31st May - £6.50 Adv 3 Doors Down – Sat 31st May - £18 Adv VmanEvents Unsigned – Pariah + Babylon Fire + Propax + Sindicate – Sat 31st May - £5 Adv Vampire Weekend + White Williams – Sun 1st June - £10 Adv SOLD OUT (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) Kinky Friedman feat. Washington Ratso + Little Jewford – Sun 1st June - £18.50 Adv – Doors 7pm (SEATED SHOW) Tapes and Tapes – Sun 1st June - £8.50 Adv @ Club Academy – Doors 7pm The Weakerthans – Tue 3rd June - £11 Adv Flogging Molly + Pepper – Tue 3rd June - £13 Adv The Rascals – Tue 3rd June - £7.50 Adv @ Club Academy Black Kids – Fri 6th June - £8 Adv SOLD OUT John Sebastian – Sat 7th June - £20 Adv (SEATED SHOW) Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sat 7th June - £13.50 Adv Say Anything – Sat 7th June - £8.50 Adv Thea Gilmore – Sat 7th June - £14.50 Adv @ Club Academy I Was A Cub Scout – Sun 8th June - £8 Adv Doors 7pm Cartel – Mon 9th June - £8.50 Adv @ Club Academy Robyn – Tue 10th June - £11 Adv The Road to Download feat. A Day to Remember + The Devil Wears Prada + Alesana – Tue 10th June – £9 Adv Alphabeat + Popjustice DJ’s – Tue 10th June - £8.50 Adv Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Thu 12th June - £12.50 Adv The Nouvelles + The Uzual Suspectz + The Merge + The Ronnies – Fri 13th June - £5 Adv The Lancashire Hotpots – Fri 13th June - £7 Adv @ Club Academy The Automatic + Fear of Music + Friends Electric – Sat 14th June - £11 Adv Karma + Dirty Disco + The Chase + The Hems – Sat 14th June - £5 Adv Blue Oyster Cult – Sun 15th June - £22 Adv Doors 7pm The Aliens – Tue 17th June - £12.50 Adv Toots & The Maytals – Tue 17th June - £22.50 Adv The Tides & Juno Ashes (Official Singles Launch) + Jesus in India + My Captive Audience – Fri 20th June - £5 Adv Uninformed + Subrosa Tryst + Other Side of Sound + Fixxer – Sat 21st June - £6 Adv VmanEvents Unsigned feat: Elivation + The Jade Assembly + The Debonair + Little Big Noise – Sat 21st June - £6 Adv @ Club Academy Kathleen Edwards – Wed 25th June - £12.50 Adv My Morning Jacket – Fri 27th June - £13.50 Adv Stone Gods – Fri 27th June - £12 Adv Matt Schofield – Fir 27th June - £10 Adv @ Club Academy Funeral For A Friend – Mon 30th June - £10 Adv SOLD OUT Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tue 1st July - £12.50 Adv Spocks Beard – Fri 4th July - £16 Adv You Me At Six – Fri 4th July - £7 Adv Tiff Merritt (Full Band Show) – Sat 5th July - £14 Adv Eddy Grant – Wed 9th July - £22.50 Adv Comeback Kid – Wed 9th July - £10 Adv The Rocket Summer – Fri 11th July - £7.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) Reemer + Bright Kicks + Teamnoir + The Gekko – Fri 11th July - £6 Adv Yngwie Malmsteen – Sat 12th July - £20 Adv An Evening With The Punch Brothers – Fri 18th July - £16 Adv Drive By Truckers – Fri 8th Aug - £15 Adv Backyard Babies – Sun 7th Sept - £11 Adv Doors 7pm Nearly Dan – Sun 13th Sept - £12 Adv Doors 7pm (SEATED SHOW) Mostly Autumn – Fri 19th Sept - £15 Adv (Rescheduled to Fri 27th Feb 09) Devon Allmans Honeytribe – Fri 26th Sept - £12 Adv Frank Sidebottom + Charlie Chuck – Fri 26th Sept - £14.94 Adv @ Club Academy It Bites – Sat 27th Sept - £17.50 Adv (Rescheduled to Sat 4th Oct) Allan Holdsworth – Fri 3rd Oct - £15 Adv @ Club Academy It Bites – Sat 4th Oct - £17.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) The Lizzies + Jealous + Maria Jordan – Sat 4th Oct - £5 Adv @ Club Academy Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers – Sun 12th Oct - £15 Adv Doors 7pm Wishbone Ash v The Hamsters – Sat 18th Oct - £17.50 Adv Jackie Leven – Sun 19th Oct - £12 Adv Doors 7pm (Seated Show) Baby Lemonade (A celebration of the music of Arthur Lee & Love) – Thu 23rd Oct - £12 Adv The Jamm – Sat 25th Oct - £12 Adv Whole Lotta Led – Sat 1st Nov - £11 Adv Ian McNabb – Sat 1st Nov - £15 Adv The Aggrolites – Thu 6th Nov - £10 Adv Sham 69 – Fri 14th Nov - £10 Adv Limehouse Lizzy – Fri 14th Nov - £10 Adv @ Club Academy Cardiacs – Thu 20th Nov - £16 Adv Bad Manners – Fri 28th Nov - £14 Adv @ Club Academy Ezio – Sat 29th Nov - £12.50 Adv Nouvelle Vague – Tue 2nd Dec - £17.50 Adv Mostly Autumn – Fri 27th Feb - £15 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) **Academy Unsigned** **Academy Unsigned 282** Tue 6th May - £5 Adv Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale **Academy Unsigned 283** Vanr + Love on Hold + TBC + TBC Thu 8th May - £5 Adv **Academy Unsigned 284** Mon 12th May - £5 Adv **Academy Unsigned 285** Sun 18th May - £5 Adv Doors 7pm **Academy Unsigned 286** My Lizard + NewBlood Stories + Green Vigo Sun 25th May - £5 Adv Doors 7pm **Academy Unsigned 287** Lap + Manic Wave + TBC + TBC Tue 27th May - £5 Adv **Academy Unsigned 288** Eskimo Smile + Smith 6079 + Hadies Elysium Thu 29th May - £5 Adv TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM: Ticketline Box Office (Formerly Piccadilly Box Office) Zavvi, New Cannon Street Arndale Centre Manchester M4 3AJ 0161 832 1111 www.ticketline.co.uk St Johns Centre, Houghton St, Liverpool. www.manchesteracademy.net STUDENTS UNION 0161 275 2930 ALL SHOWS MON-SAT 7.30pm, SUN 7pm UNLESS STATED All information correct at time of press. | 
